photo courtesy of Janet Rechtman
Author and media literacy expert Nolan Higdon
by Yucheng Tang
posted Sept. 15
Disinformation. Misinformation. Lies. Bunk. Hoaxes.
All those terms fall under the umbrella of fake news, according to a media literacy expert, who spoke Sept. 14 to the League of Women Voters in Chico.
“We generally only cherry-pick the fake news producers that we dislike,” said Nolan Higdon, the author of “The Anatomy of Fake News.” “We don’t like to admit there are some people we do like who also produce fake news.”